1974
Not a crook
President Nixon announced he would resign the following day as a result of the Watergate scandal.
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1588
English forces attacked the Spanish Armada, permanently crippling Spain's "invincible" fleet.
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1786
Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat became the first to climb Mont Blanc.
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1876
Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph machine.
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1900
The first Davis Cup tennis tournament began at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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1963
In "The Great Train Robbery," some 15 thieves robbed the Glasgow-to-London mail train, making off with more than $6 million in cash.
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1969
Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family."
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2008
The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing, China.
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